Collingbourne Ducis War Memorial

First World War memorial with a Second World War addition.

DESCRIPTION: The Collingbourne Ducis war memorial is located on a green at the north side of the main road through the village, immediately opposite the Grade II*-listed Church of St Andrew and the Grade II-listed Court Farmhouse.

It takes the form of a granite wheel-head cross with a tall, tapering, shaft rising from a four-sided, tapering plinth. This surmounts a chamfered, rectangular base. The plinth carries the inscriptions and names in incised lettering, painted black.

The principal inscription is to the east face of the plinth and reads IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO DID/ THEIR DUTY EVEN UNTO DEATH/ ON BEHALF OF/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918.

The west face of the plinth carries the inscription THESE DIED IN WAR THAT WE/ AT PEACE MIGHT LIVE/ THESE GAVE THEIR BEST SO WE/ OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE/ NOT FOR THEMSELVES/ FOR JUSTICE, FREEDOM, RIGHT/ THEY FOUGHT, AND BID US FORWARD/ TO THE FIGHT/ SEE YE TO IT THAT THESE/ SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN.

The south face of the plinth records the 11 names of those who fell during the First World War, including their rank and regiment.

The dates 1939-1945 have been added to the upper surface of the south face of the plinth along with the name of the one individual from the parish who died in the Second World War.

The memorial stands on a large flagstone set into the ground and the whole is enclosed by a low metal fence.